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(No Model.)

R. H. ROWLAND. PIE CRUST SUPPORT.

Patented Apr. 6, 1897 Wzli'nas'sea iro UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROXVLAND HILL RO\VLAND, OF WOODBRIDGE, ENGLAND.

PIE-CRUST SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,094, dated April 6,1897.

Application filed January 4, 1897. Serial No 617,971. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROWLAND HILL ROW- LAND, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at The Thoroughfare, Woodbridge, in the countyof Suffolk, England, have invented a Pie-Crust Support, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Pie-crusts are now commonly supported during the process of baking by aninverted cup. This method has several disadvantages. The heat expels theair from the cup, so that on cooling a vacuum is formed and the greaterpart of the juice of the pie is sucked up into the cup. There being noescape for the steam, the contents of the pie are damaged, and theinternal pressure often causes the juice to rise up and injure the crustand also escape.

The object of this invention is to remedy these defects.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of my pie-crust support; and Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1.

(I, is an inverted cup similar to those now in use, but having anopening a at its top and preferably also openings a just below its to Z3is a funnel-shaped cap on the top of the cup at. It may either be madein one piece with it, as shown, or may be separate. In either case theinside of the funnel b is separated from the top of the cup or by ridges0, so that passages d are left leading from the outside of the cup tothe inside of the funnel through which steam can escape from the insideof the pie. The upper part of the funnel projects through thepie-crust,which rests on its lower part.

What I claim is The combination of an inverted cup, a funnel above thecup, a hole at the top of the cup and passages leading from the outsideof the cup to the inside of the funnel.

ROWLAND HILL ROWLAND.

Witnesses:

FREDK. WM. SMITH, ALFRED H. MAY.

